Anyone else hunting with an E-Bike this year?

[Lowg08]

Don't let yourself get baited into an unnecessary internet argument, you know you're doing the right thing for you, go enjoy your season. I hope you both shoot a giant (and me too lol) ebike or not.

Yea you are right. Mom. Lol. Man lineman just jumped out. I can’t stand all the arguing over rudimentary issues such as crossbow or ebike. It’s either legal or illegal. Follow the laws. I won’t be in places I am not supposed to be on mine and when I can again I’ll walk where I have too or want too. Just don’t go after people and accuse them of such things you have no knowledge of.

 

[Lowg08]

Yall are too much. Throwing around “wilderness” like that. No bike is allowed in what is actual designated (by congress) “wilderness”. Also, you will see class 1 e bikes allowed on bike trails here soon once your local forest/districts do their NEPA and do a CE on them. Its already done on the Tahoe I believe, Lincoln nf is working on it currently and the forests near me are so i assume its happening at the local levels now that the classes have been designated nationally. Every forest down to the district has different ways they will manage them.


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According to what I understand today. Mtn bike trails will be class 1. Maintained gravel roads will be class 2. Class 3 is well at least from my understanding is going to be much more limited. After the mtn bike trails I seen yesterday I’m not taking a 56lb bike down those. Im more of a calming ride kinda guy lol. My want for my ebike is those 12 mile areas by gravel road I want to get too not off road.

 

[thedutchtouch]

Yea you are right. Mom. Lol. Man lineman just jumped out. I can’t stand all the arguing over rudimentary issues such as crossbow or ebike. It’s either legal or illegal. Follow the laws. I won’t be in places I am not supposed to be on mine and when I can again I’ll walk where I have too or want too. Just don’t go after people and accuse them of such things you have no knowledge of.

Lol I was hoping for more of a bro, but I guess that was a bit of a mom moment.

 

[Lowg08]

Lol I was hoping for more of a bro, but I guess that was a bit of a mom moment.

It’s sound advice. It’s good advice and advice to attempt to duplicate. I normally do much much better than that but got in the flesh for a moment. Lazy and childish in reference to me or round about directed at me just crawls all over me. It was in poor taste on my part.

 

[Rutman]

I was 2 miles deep, up a mountain forestry road, walking out one afternoon after hunting all day, when all of a sudden I hear gravel crunching…. It was a guy on a Rambo coming out from where I was hunting. He stopped and we chatted about the hunt, then he went off to where we both parked. I walked 45 min to get to where I hunted..he rode 15 min to go to the same area, up the mountain road. Instead of getting pissed off about him having a bike…. I got me one. Best money I’ve ever spent on hunting. I’m not sweating on the way to the stand…keeping my scent down. So many more benefits to riding one to and from the stand.

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[dalton916]

I was 2 miles deep, up a mountain forestry road, walking out one afternoon after hunting all day, when all of a sudden I hear gravel crunching…. It was a guy on a Rambo coming out from where I was hunting. He stopped and we chatted about the hunt, then he went off to where we both parked. I walked 45 min to get to where I hunted..he rode 15 min to go to the same area, up the mountain road. Instead of getting pissed off about him having a bike…. I got me one. Best money I’ve ever spent on hunting. I’m not sweating on the way to the stand…keeping my scent down. So many more benefits to riding one to and from the stand.

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There doesn’t appear to be a road visible in the picture above, lol.

Anyway, know the regs before you go behind a gate on a Forest Service road. I have no problems with their use (other than my own philosophical ones) in areas where they are allowed. There are a LOT of roads that are “foot travel only”.

The FS has Mtn Bike trails and you should be privy to the war between the Mtn bike crowd and the e-bike crowd. You think the bow v crossgun fight is contentious??? You ain’t seen nothing, lol.

 

[BTaylor]

It's interesting to me how these arguments parallel the crossbow archery debates. It's really the same thing. Some people seem to get fixated on older technologies and cry foul (or lazy, or whatever) whenever something new comes along. Isn't a regular mtn bike an advanced technology that makes locomotion significantly easier than walking or running? Are users of such labor saving devices lazy?

"My tech is acceptable but your new stuff is bad!" is common enough that it is obviously a very natural human reaction. Change is unsettling? My ways are better than yours? The way I live is superior to the way you live? My tribe is better than your tribe?

In the crossbow arguments someone inevitably points out the excellent observation that those against should advocate for hewing your own bows and napping your own stone broadheads (avoiding any technological assistance). Yet even the knowledge of building hand made archery tools is a technology that disrupts. If tech is to be avoided, it seems we are left to assault prey with our hands, nails, and teeth. Given this discussion it apparently should also be done on foot. Barefoot that is.

My 2 cents.

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For me personally, it is not about tech, it is about properly classifying the tools used. A limitation of bowhunting is drawing the bow in the presence of game at the time of the shot. Crossbows and airbow are loaded and prepared for the shot well in advance of a shot opportunity and are fired by the same process as a firearm. A bicycle is moved by human imput to rotate the pedals or coasting down hill, period. An ebike has a motor, period. It is my opinion that able bodied folks should not be allowed to use a crossbow during archery season and that they should not be allowed ebike access to trails designated as non-motorized unless specified for use for the mobility impaired. I will not however complain about any tool used legally according to the regulations. I see it as more important to defend hunting first and will defend the use of tools or tactics if applied legally while simultaneous loathing the very practice of their use. There is no need and nothing to be gained from calling someone that you know nothing about lazy or out of shape and by the same token, it serves no purpose to go to a sarcastic extreme such as "do you wear shoes" because someone has a differing opinion. I guess I am just hoping that a bunch of grown folk can have challenging discussion without personal affronts.

 

[BackSpasm]

For me personally, it is not about tech, it is about properly classifying the tools used. A limitation of bowhunting is drawing the bow in the presence of game at the time of the shot. Crossbows and airbow are loaded and prepared for the shot well in advance of a shot opportunity and are fired by the same process as a firearm. A bicycle is moved by human imput to rotate the pedals or coasting down hill, period. An ebike has a motor, period. It is my opinion that able bodied folks should not be allowed to use a crossbow during archery season and that they should not be allowed ebike access to trails designated as non-motorized unless specified for use for the mobility impaired. I will not however complain about any tool used legally according to the regulations. I see it as more important to defend hunting first and will defend the use of tools or tactics if applied legally while simultaneous loathing the very practice of their use. There is no need and nothing to be gained from calling someone that you know nothing about lazy or out of shape and by the same token, it serves no purpose to go to a sarcastic extreme such as "do you wear shoes" because someone has a differing opinion. I guess I am just hoping that a bunch of grown folk can have challenging discussion without personal affronts.

I think almost everyone is in general agreement here and we were mostly responding to a ludicrous assertion that how you choose to legally hunt somehow makes you a better or worse person, or that taking advantage of legal access methods makes you lazy or less than those who choose a different way. I don't have or hunt off a bike of any kind myself, but the assertion that someone is less than for doing so is what is so ridiculous and counterproductive to our common goal of promoting hunting and enjoying the outdoors

 

[DroptineKrazy]

My new e-bike is being delivered tomorrow. The fact that I got one for hunting has nothing to do with being lazy. I just wanted one because most of my hunting spots are within a mile or two of my house and I want to be able to stash the bike in the bushes and nobody but my wife and brother will know where I am hunting. I don't have to drive my truck and the deer won't her me coming either.

 

[Rutman]

Bottom line is….. obey the laws, whatever they may be, and don’t give a rats a** about what anyone else thinks. Too simple for some.


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[BTaylor]

My new e-bike is being delivered tomorrow. The fact that I got one for hunting has nothing to do with being lazy. I just wanted one because most of my hunting spots are within a mile or two of my house and I want to be able to stash the bike in the bushes and nobody but my wife and brother will know where I am hunting. I don't have to drive my truck and the deer won't her me coming either.

Have you considered that sometimes the vehicle is a deterrent to folks coming in on you? I mention this because I was involved in such a deal last year. Went in to check 3 spots on a particular road on a wma. When I got to the pull off for one of the spots there was a truck sitting there so I went on past and stopped at the second. The second spot is a no vehicle access trail back to a food plot. Where I was planning to go was on past the plot on the edge of a big slough. Take off down the trail hiking at a good clip and come up on an oak dropping acorns and a bush next to it with a fresh scrape so I stop and look around. Guy from the truck is hanging 30 yards from me. It was like 10 in the morning but I still felt horrible. He motioned me over to his tree. I eased over and apologized and asked how he came in as I had only seen the one vehicle. He said it was his and he had decided to walk in a different way.

 

[2Sloe]

I find it amusing when people let their hypocrisy show as they hold themselves up as ”real” hunters as they use their compound bows with 85% or more let off, sights, mechanical releases, GPS’s, Cell Phones, Trial Cameras that send pics to you while you are laying in bed, Range finders, scent’s, calls, etc, etc. And as long as you stick to their chosen advantages and things that make their hunt easier, you can be a real hunter too. But as soon as you choose something that is different than their choices, well you’re soft, lazy and not a real hunter. Lol. Talk about lack of self awareness. When you are living in a glass house, you should think twice before you start throwing rocks, because people who throw rocks in glass houses are often perceived as idiots.

 

[JoyRyd]

My “stick” has a home right up front….for those leisurely rides in.
Have I said how much I LOVE my ebike? It's a real JoyRyd!


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[Rjschatts]

I didn’t know that they make mounts for the handles, that’s an awesome idea!


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[thedutchtouch]

one other angle to remember if you're considering ebike like i am- check you state's helmet laws as well, Maryland for example doesn't require helments for regular bicycles if you're 17 or older, but does for ebikes.

 

[Lowg08]

Well we did 7.4 miles this evening so for three evenings since I’ve been able to use my leg. We have done 18 miles on bikes. I won’t lie I used some assist. This evening. A little sore after PT today. All while pulling my 7 year old on a cart

 

[JoyRyd]

Well we did 7.4 miles this evening so for three evenings since I’ve been able to use my leg. We have done 18 miles on bikes. I won’t lie I used some assist. This evening. A little sore after PT today. All while pulling my 7 year old on a cart View attachment 69654

Outstanding! I hope your recovery goes well.
Great Picture BTW!!!

 

[Lowg08]

Outstanding! I hope your recovery goes well.
Great Picture BTW!!!

Thanks. I’m trying to do everything I can to get to the woods. Biking now. Rowing machine for upper body before I could walk. Resistance bands. My wife wanted the picture. Said I should remember this time of my life. How I had to recover

 

[swampdonkey]

I find it amusing when people let their hypocrisy show as they hold themselves up as ”real” hunters as they use their compound bows with 85% or more let off, sights, mechanical releases, GPS’s, Cell Phones, Trial Cameras that send pics to you while you are laying in bed, Range finders, scent’s, calls, etc, etc. And as long as you stick to their chosen advantages and things that make their hunt easier, you can be a real hunter too. But as soon as you choose something that is different than their choices, well you’re soft, lazy and not a real hunter. Lol. Talk about lack of self awareness. When you are living in a glass house, you should think twice before you start throwing rocks, because people who throw rocks in glass houses are often perceived as idiots.

No, this only applies to able bodied guys who are afraid of breaking a sweat so they use an electric motor cycle (they’re not bikes) to drive around. For what it’s worth, i don’t use a single thing you mention to hunt, not one. I mean scents, people still think those work????

As for cell cams i’m glad to see states starting to ban them, about time. Electric motorcycles are next and are already banned from many trails so to those that use them enjoy em now i guess cause theyre going to have to actually use their feet and walk again eventually. Probably half of em will just quit hunting, too much work right? Hate to start sweating or something.

 

[2Sloe]

No, this only applies to able bodied guys who are afraid of breaking a sweat so they use an electric motor cycle (they’re not bikes) to drive around. For what it’s worth, i don’t use a single thing you mention to hunt, not one. I mean scents, people still think those work????

As for cell cams i’m glad to see states starting to ban them, about time. Electric motorcycles are next and are already banned from many trails so to those that use them enjoy em now i guess cause theyre going to have to actually use their feet and walk again eventually. Probably half of em will just quit hunting, too much work right? Hate to start sweating or something.

Congratulations! You win the prize….whatever you think that is.